Garment fastener



R. J. MULVEY. GARMENT FASTENER. Ar-Pucmoh FILED MAR. 2i

Patented Sept. 19,- 1922.

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' GARMENT FASTENER. I

A lication filed March 21, 1921.: Serial No. 453,971.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. MULVEY,

a citizen of the United States, and a resi-' .dent of the city of Chicago, county of Cook,

and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Fasteners, of which the following. is.

a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in garment fasteners, more particularly to the ordinary snap fasteners, the object of the invention being to provide improved means for securing the same in place.

Other objects will appear hereinaften The invention consists in the combina-' tions and arrangements of parts hereinafter descr1bed and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is aplan view of a fastener embodying the invention; 1 T

Fig. 2, a section taken on line 2-2 of the same; and

Fig. 3, a section taken on line 3-3 of the same.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a sheet metal disk 4 having a central recess or well 5 therein provided with slots 6 on the opposite sides thereof. The disk 4; is provided around its edges with a'backwardly turned securing flange 7 and a fastening element 8 is arranged thereunder as shown. The fastening element 8 is in the form of a spring wire bent into substantially U- shapewith a body thereof arranged under the flange 7 and with the ends thereof positioned in the slots 6 and whereby said ends constitute snap fastenings for securing the ordinary headed stud in the well or recess 5 as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

The construction. already described forms, in itself, no part of the present invention, the same constituting the subject matter of my co-pending application filed July 24, 1920, Serial No. 398,691.

As a means for securing the fastening element already described in place on a garment, I provide a securing element in the form of a spring wire tortuously bent as shown to provide a curved portion 9 underlying the securing flange 7 and further held in Place y means'of a book 10 formed on back of the fastener body. The free portion 12 of said wire is furthertortuously bent and extended across the body of the disk' 4. The extreme free end thereof is formed into a hook 13 adapted and ar-' ranged to engage under a loop '14 formed in theportion 9 of said wire and projecting outwardly from under the flange 7 as shown. By this arrangement a s'impleand effective means is provided for locking the free end of the wire portion 12 in operative relation with the body of the fastener.

In use the fastener is secured in place upon the garment by threading the portion 12 of l the wire securing-elementthrough the cloth of the garment and then engagingthe hook 1.3 with the loop 14 whereby the fastening element may. be quickly and securely mounted in place without the use of stitches or the like. Bythis arrangement the fasten? ing element will bef-securely and resiliently held in place and. in flatrelation with the garment to ,which it is. applied. The specific fastening element disclosed constitutes the female portion of the snap fastener which, it. is to be understood, .co-operates with a suitable male member, not shown, and which may if desired be secured in place by similar means.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrydisc having a socket therein and slots in the walls of said socket on opposite sides thereon; a securing member associated with said disd, said securing member being tortuously bent across the back of said disc and having its opposite ends engaging said slots; and a fastening member associated with said disc, said member being adapted to be threaded through the cloth of a garment for releasably fastening said fastener in position, there being a hook on each end of said fastening member for holding said fastener in such position.

2. In a fastener, the combination with a disc having a socket therein and 'slots in the Walls of said socket on opposite sides thereon; a securing member associated With said disc, said securing member being tortuously bent across the back of said disc and having its opposite ends engaging said slots; and a fastening member associated With said disc, said member being adapted to be threaded through the cloth of a garment for releasably-fastening said fastener in position, and means at opposite ends of said fastening member for holding said fastener in such position.

3. In a fastener, the combination with a' disc having a backwardly turned securing said fastener in such position Iber being tortuously bent across the said disk; a hook at one end of said member engaging said tortuously bent portion and a hook at the opposite end of said member engaging a loop formed in said member for holding said member in such position under said flange, substantially as described.

5. In a fastener, the combination With a disc having a backwardly turned securing flange;

securing means tortuously bent across said disc; a resilient fastening member associated With said disc and arranged under said flange for fastening said fastener to a garment; a hook formed at one end of said fastening member and engaging a bent portion thereof; and a hook formed at the opposite end of said fastening member and engaging a portion of the tortuously bent portion of said fastening member, said hooks being arranged and adapted to hold said fastener in such fastened position.

6. Means for fastening a fastener to a garment, or the like, comprising a fastening member associated with and tortuonsly bent across the body of said fastener; said fastening member being adapted to be threaded through the cloth of the garment" for fastening said'fastener in position; and hook member-sat opposite ends of said fastening member and engaging portions of the tortuonsly bent portion of said fastening member for holding said. fastener in such fastened position. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this'specification in'the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT J. MULVEY.

Witnesses: I a

FREDA C. ArrLEroN, CYNTHIA GoRcHoW. 

